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Sterling weakness and a lack of faith in the Bank of England

Since Boris Johnson became prime minister and promised to leave the EU, deal or no deal, the pound has fallen around 3% against the US dollar. But sterling's weakness is not all about Brexit.

by: Merryn Somerset Webb
1 Aug 2019

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